Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 13:45:30 -0500
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The last remaining roadway sign marking the one-mile stretch which the
Auburn Gay and Lesbian Association pledged to keep litter-free was stolen
sometime during the weekend of the Alabama-Auburn football game.
It took fifteen months for the group to recieve the two signs--one marking
each end of the adopted mile--after applying to participate in the program
in October of 1992. The group's application was held up 'for review' by
the Alabama Department of Transportation, before finally being approved.
When the two signs were installed in January, 1994, one of them was stolen
immediately. (The sign next to the Kappa Alpha fraternity house was
stolen in January within two hours of being installed. Although the theft
occured during the afternoon rush hour, no witnesses responded to the $100
reward offer for information.) The other sign was soon vandalized and
ripped down, although it was recovered and re-installed next to the
fraternity house, where it was repeatedly vandalized. A replacement sign
at the other end of the mile was soon stolen. The City of Auburn moved
the heavily vandalized remaining sign one block away from the fraternity
house, where it remained until this last weekend.
The AGLA has been informed that the Department of Transportation no longer
makes Adopt-A-Mile signs, and thus, the stolen sign cannot be replaced.
The group, however, is expected to keep the one-mile section of roadway
litter-free, signs or no signs.